Upgrade HP Envy 15 wireless card

[crice08]

Hi, I would like to upgrade my wireless card to a dual band wifi card. My roomate just upgraded our router to dual band and the 2.4GHz keeps going down, but the 5GHz is stable. I'd don't want to have to buy a new router since we can't return it now. How can I find a compatible wifi card for my laptop? I have never replaced a component in my laptop before but an comfortable opening it up. I just want to make sure I order the right part and that it is compatiable with my BIOS. I read something about some HP's having whitelists but I don't know exactly how to check that. Any help is appreicated. 

After this upgrade, I would like to upgrade my hard drive to SSD as well, but that's another topic I guess.

Thanks

[Huffer]

Here is the Service Manual:

15t-j100 Service manual

See p. 44. Your laptop is new enough that it is beyond the whitelist. You can install any wiress adapter with the right form factor. However, the one I recommend is one of the options for your model in the manual: this one:

Intel Dual Band Wireless 7260 802.11 bgn 2×2 WiFi + Bluetooth 4.0 Combo Adapter (for use on computer models with an Intel processor) 717384-001

Yours is the Intel model, right? This is the right card on amazon.com:

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-n-7260-Bluetooth-Wireless/dp/B00PDL4MLY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid...

On your model you can replace the hard drive with a 2.5 inch SATA SSD. Your laptop has an mSATA slot but it cannot be used for a boot drive; only for an acceleration cache drive, which you cannot use with a main SATA disk. Since yours is a CTO model I do not know the full specs and whether your laptop even has an mSATA card installed but it is easy to see if it does; right next to the wireless slot. 

Post back if you need any more help.

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[crice08]

Thanks for the detailed response! That's good to know I don't have the whitelist issue. How did you find that answer? Just curious for my own learning. Also, I saw the service manual and it looked like none of the listed wifi cards suports 5ghz (801.11 ac), including the one you mentioned. Yes, I do have the intel model. I just need to find any wifi ac adapter with the same form factor, yes? Mimi pci? Please advise or provide a different recommendation if you can. Thank you again for your help.

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

You are right it is not ac but there is a 5ghz "n" band and it works in that, but you should get the 7260ac version here:

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Dual-Band-Wireless-AC-Bluetooth/dp/B00E7QGHE6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=14...

[Algonco]

I have the same problem with hp 15-ay142ns, i want to upgrade the wireless adapter.

Can you suggest me another compatible adapter, please?

[Huffer]

Please start your own thread. Your problem is different on a newer laptop.